Livin' La Vida Loca
Ricky Martin · 1999
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Livin' la vida loca
- Her lips are devil red
- And her skin's the color mocha
- She will wear you out
Sing it again — final chorus
- Livin' la vida loca
- Come on!
- Livin' la vida loca
- She's livin' la vida loca
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's into superstitions
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's into new sensations
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's livin' la vida loca
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She will wear you out
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She never drinks the water and
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Black ? and voodoo dolls
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
For ? day and night
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Her ? are devil red
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
She ? my heart, and she took my money
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Yeah, ? make you go insane
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "vida" in the whole song?
"vida"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "loca" in the whole song?
"loca"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- She's into superstitions
- Upside, inside out
- Woke up in New York City
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Black cats and voodoo dolls
- Her lips are devil red
- She's livin' la vida loca
Exercise 26
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 27
"Livin' La Vida Loca" was released in 1999. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Imagine you are making a short film with "Livin' La Vida Loca" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
she's→gonna→you've→you'll→gotta→
Exercise 30
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Livin' La Vida Loca" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.